Cash and package carrier



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1,

R J. F.-BARTLETT.

CASH AND PACKAGE CARRIER.

Patented Apr. 30, 1889.v

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES FRANOIS'BARTLETT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CASH AND PACKAGE CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,128, dated April30, 1889.

Application filed September 14, 1888. Serial No. 285,369. (No model.)

, To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES FRANCIS BART- LETT, of Chicago, in the Stateof Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cashand Package Carriers for Stores, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in carriers for stores, designedto carry cash and packages from the sales-counter to the cashiers deskand back; and the object of my improvements is to simplify theconstruction and operation of such carriers. I have attained this objectin the carrier constructed as illustrated in the accompanying drawings,inwhich Figure l is a sideview of the entire apparatus. Fig. 2 isafragment of a side view showing a slight modification. Fig. 3 is anenlarged horizontal section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1, showing portions ofthe apparatus in plan view. Fig. 4 is a like View to that shown in Fig.1, but showing the working parts in a different position. Fig. 5 is afragment of an enlarged vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 6 is ahorizontal section of the standard and j the adjustable projectionthereon on line 6 6 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a transverse vertical sectionof the apparatus on line 7 7 of Fig. 6, looking toward the right. I Theinvention consists in the parts and combinations hereinafter described,and pointed out in the claim.

A designates an upright piece or standard, which is designed to besupported on the sales-counter at A or fromthe store-ceiling, 01' both,being attached to the counter and extended up to and attached to theceiling to give it lateral support, or attached to the ceiling andextended down over the counter and A wire, 0, is stretched between thesalescounter and the oashiers desk, at each end of which there is aframe, 0', provided with a coil-spring, 0, one end of which restsagainst the end cross-piece, c, at onevend of said frame, the other endbeing provided with a plate or piece, 0 which is grooved at each end andadapted to slide between the side bars of said frame. The-wire 0 passes,through a hole in the end cross-piece, c, and through on the inside ofsaid spring to the piece 0 to which it is secured.

The frame 0', adjacent to the upright A, is pivoted to a piece, D, whichhas rollers cl, adapted to run on the track a. Said piece D is connectedin a cord-belt, D, which passes over rollers 01, supported by bracketsfastened to the ceiling and counter, or other stationary body, soarranged relatively to said upright as to support the belt parallel withthe track a, and with the rollers d resting against the same. Thetension of said belt holds the sliding piece D in whatever position itmay be left on the track a without-the use of catches of any kind, andat the same time leaves it free to be moved up or down thereon by agentle pull on one side or the other of said belt.

The frame 0, adjacent to the cashiers desk, is provided with adownwardly-projecting piece, 0 which engages with a bracket, B, or otherstationary body under the wire 0, forthe purpose of keeping said framefrom turning on the wire. A screw-swivel, B is used in connection withthe hook B, and a link, I), for connecting said frame, for the purposeof adjusting the tension of the wire C. By means of the springs c saidwire is maintained at the proper tension, while the end adjacent to theupright A is being raised and lowered through a considerable space, saidsprings yielding to compensate for the varying distance between theextreme points of connection caused by shifting the point of connectionwith said upright.

A car or carriage, E, is provided, having wheels or rollers e, adaptedto run on the wire 0, and pendent hooks e for connecting theparcel-basket E. Said car is provided with guards a over its wheels,which are curved down in front of the wheels nearly to their center,horizontally; and each of the frames C is provided with a tilting latch,F, which is pivoted to an upwardly-projecting part of said frames,respectively, at f. Under the rear end is a spring, f, which maintainsthe opposite end, f extended over the wire 0 in proper posit-ion tostrike the in' clined part of said guards curved down in front of saidwheels. The end f of said latches is bifurcated and provided with aroller, f which strikes said guard and passes over it, the spring fyield ng for this purpose, and falls down over that part of the guardwhich curves down behind said wheel, so as to hold the car from runningaway before the proper time. I prefer to construct the guards at theirrear part in the form shown in Fig. 2, as this form will enable thelatch to hold the car with a spring of less power than the form shown inthe other views, which is desirable on account of the resistance whichthe spring olfers to the raising of the latch over the guard. I prefer,also, to connect the guards to the car-frame on one side, as seen at 6Figs. 3 and 7, to enable the wheels to be taken out and replaced withfacility.

A projection, G, is attached to the upright A, and made adjustablevertically thereon by means of a set-screw, g. This projection is set ata sufiicient height above the level of the point at which the hook B issecured to give the necessary pitch to the wire to cause the car to rundown the incline to the cashiers desk.

The operation is as follows: Normally, the end at the sales-counter isbelow that at the cashiers desk, as shown in Fig. 1. The package andcash are placed in the basket at this end. Then, by pulling on the beltD, the wire at this end, with the basket, is raised to the positionshown in Fig. 4. The projection G, coming in contact with the rear endof the latch, presses it down until the opposite end is raisedsufficiently to release the car, and the car then runs down the inclineto the cashiers desk, where it is caught by the latch at this end. Assoon as the car is thus caught, the end of the wire at the sales-counteris immediately lowered, so as to make it incline downward in thisdirection. The cashier, after making change, loosens the latch, and thebasket then returns down in the incline to the sales-counter.

Yielding buffers H are placed at the ends of the frames C to preventjarring and noise.

'hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

In a cash and package carrier, the combination, with the track-wire C,of links C, for attaching said track-wire to its support, having springs0 applied between the ends of said links and the ends of the track-wirefor permitting the track-wire to yield longitudinally under increasingor decreasing tension, the straight vertical track a at one end of saidtrack-wire, a sliding piece, D, pivotally connected to the link C, whichis adjacent to the track a and adapted to run on said track, and a tautbelt, D, supported parallel to said track on a pulley at each end of thebelt, said sliding piece being connected in said belt as a part thereof,as and for the purpose specificd.

JAMES FRANCIS BARTLET'J.

\Yitnesses:

A. S. MEGUIRE, J'No. II. WHIPPLE.

